The Mountain Minute: 8/20/2025

🎧 Mountain Minute – August 20
From skyrocketing bills to fiery election fights, the battle for power in Colorado is hitting closer to home than most headlines admit. Here’s your sharp, unfiltered roundup from Team RMV.

Colorado News:
🔹 AI law sparks backlash — Governor Jared Polis signed sweeping AI regulations, admitting they could “crush innovation.” Supporters say it reins in risks, while critics warn it will push talent and jobs out of Colorado.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/polis-signs-ai-bill-he-admits-could-crush-innovation/

🔹 Insurance fee hikes fuel affordability crisis — Proposed rate increases could deepen Colorado’s cost-of-living crunch. Families already struggling fear more bills, while critics blame state policy for making things worse.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/proposed-insurance-fee-hikes-spark-fears-of-worsening-affordability-crisis/

🔹 Griswold doubles down — Colorado’s Secretary of State vowed to “defend” mail-in voting from Trump’s America First agenda while overseeing elections, raising concerns she’s blurring the line between campaigning and administering.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/griswold-vows-to-defend-colorado-mail-in-voting-from-trump-criticism/

🔹 Tina Peters trial controversy — Critics argue Peters’ fate was shaped less by the courtroom and more by Colorado’s entrenched “deep state,” fueling larger questions about whether justice here is political first.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/colorado-justice-didnt-decide-tina-peters-fate-it-was-the-deep-state/

🔹 Progressives push higher taxes — New Era Colorado is leveraging the budget crisis to advocate for tax hikes, saying “the rich” can afford it. Opponents argue it’s just another big-government cash grab hitting ordinary taxpayers.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/new-era-colorado-exploits-budget-crisis-to-push-higher-taxes/

National News:
🔹 Trump sets stage for peace talks — In a rare diplomatic move, Trump is working to open the door for Putin-Zelensky talks, potentially reshaping the trajectory of the war.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/trump-sets-stage-for-putin-zelensky-talks-in-rare-diplomatic-move/

🔹 Biden admin under fire on migrant children — Over 10,000 migrant kids were placed with unvetted sponsors, sparking outrage and warnings of exploitation risks.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/biden-administration-placed-over-11000-migrant-children-with-unvetted-sponsors/

🔹 Census fight heats up — Trump is pushing to exclude illegal immigrants from the U.S. Census, arguing it restores fairness by stopping blue states from inflating representation and funding.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/trumps-census-push-to-exclude-illegal-immigrants-would-restore-fairness-to-elections/

🔹 Faith and ideology clash — New reporting shows many seminaries are trading biblical truth for grievance politics, raising alarms about the future of church leadership in America.
Read more: https://rockymountainvoice.com/2025/08/19/from-gospel-to-grievance-how-seminaries-traded-truth-for-ideology/

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